Words / B1

KONF-id-uh-ns/ˈkɒnfɪdəns/

Confidence is the feeling that you can do something, or that something will happen: gain / build / lack confidence; confidence in the team. Confident is the adjective; self-confidence is belief in yourself. Trust is about believing a person is honest; confidence can be about skill. In confidence means privately; a vote of confidence is politics and sport.

Meaning

The feeling that you can do something well or that something will happen.

Examples

• “He spoke with confidence in the interview.”
• “Regular practice will boost your confidence.”
• “I tell you this in confidence.”

Good to know

gain / lack confidence. confidence in. Adjective: confident. Privately: in confidence. Honesty: trust.

Near in meaning

self-belief

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